Updated 12:09 pm, Tuesday, April 25, 2017

Duckling Rescue Caught on Video - On April 16, 2017 at around 10:20 PM Pearland Police Sergeant Adam Carroll and Officer Matthew Webb conducted a rescue of 12 ducklings that had fallen into a storm drain near the 2500 block of Business Center. Sgt. Carroll was alerted by the mother duck who can be seen pacing near the drain at the start of the video. As the rescue was carried out, the mother duck would periodically fly over and check the officer's progress. The ducklings were reunited with their mother who no doubt gave them a stern talking to!

Media: Pearland Police Department

When it comes to police news, there's life that gets wild and then there's wildlife.

Pearland has both kinds, but the local cops have been making headlines for their tender protection of some of nature's most vulnerable creatures: baby birds.

During a patrol about 10:20 p.m. Easter night, April 16, Sgt. Adam Carroll noticed a mother duck pacing on the side of the road near the 2500 block of Business Center, according to a post Monday afternoon on the department's Facebook page.

"The mama duck was goin' back and forth," Carroll later told Officer Matthew Webb, who helped him with the rescue captured on dash-cam video.

"At first I thought, 'This is peculiar that a duck is out here away from water by itself,' " he said. "I heard some chirping, so I thought (the ducklings) were over there (in tall grass). Then I realized, 'Oh, storm drain.' "

The two officers picked up the heavy grate and moved it aside, then Carroll lowered himself into the opening to retrieve the 12 babies from the shelf. One by one, he handed them to Webb, who carried them to the tall grass.

Pearland Police Sgt. Adam Carroll and Officer Matthew Webb rescued 12 ducklings that had fallen into a storm drain near the 2500 block of Business Center, April 16, 2017. They were alerted to the ducklings' presence below the grate in the middle of the street by their mother pacing nearby.

Pearland Police Sgt. Adam Carroll and Officer Matthew Webb rescued 12 ducklings that had fallen into a storm drain near the 2500 block of Business Center, April 16, 2017. They were alerted to the ducklings'

Pearland Police Sgt. Adam Carroll and Officer Matthew Webb rescued 12 ducklings that had fallen into a storm drain near the 2500 block of Business Center, April 16, 2017. They were alerted to the ducklings' presence below the grate in the middle of the street by their mother pacing nearby.

Pearland Police Sgt. Adam Carroll and Officer Matthew Webb rescued 12 ducklings that had fallen into a storm drain near the 2500 block of Business Center, April 16, 2017. They were alerted to the ducklings'

Pearland Police Sgt. Adam Carroll and Officer Matthew Webb rescued 12 ducklings that had fallen into a storm drain near the 2500 block of Business Center, April 16, 2017. They were alerted to the ducklings' presence below the grate in the middle of the street by their mother pacing nearby.

Pearland Police Sgt. Adam Carroll and Officer Matthew Webb rescued 12 ducklings that had fallen into a storm drain near the 2500 block of Business Center, April 16, 2017. They were alerted to the ducklings'

Pearland Police Sgt. Adam Carroll and Officer Matthew Webb rescued 12 ducklings that had fallen into a storm drain near the 2500 block of Business Center, April 16, 2017. They were alerted to the ducklings' presence below the grate in the middle of the street by their mother pacing nearby.

Pearland Police Sgt. Adam Carroll and Officer Matthew Webb rescued 12 ducklings that had fallen into a storm drain near the 2500 block of Business Center, April 16, 2017. They were alerted to the ducklings'

Pearland Police Sgt. Adam Carroll and Officer Matthew Webb rescued 12 ducklings that had fallen into a storm drain near the 2500 block of Business Center, April 16, 2017. They were alerted to the ducklings' presence below the grate in the middle of the street by their mother pacing nearby.

Pearland Police Sgt. Adam Carroll and Officer Matthew Webb rescued 12 ducklings that had fallen into a storm drain near the 2500 block of Business Center, April 16, 2017. They were alerted to the ducklings'

Pearland Police Sgt. Adam Carroll and Officer Matthew Webb rescued 12 ducklings that had fallen into a storm drain near the 2500 block of Business Center, April 16, 2017. They were alerted to the ducklings' presence below the grate in the middle of the street by their mother pacing nearby.

Pearland Police Sgt. Adam Carroll and Officer Matthew Webb rescued 12 ducklings that had fallen into a storm drain near the 2500 block of Business Center, April 16, 2017. They were alerted to the ducklings'

Pearland Police Sgt. Adam Carroll and Officer Matthew Webb rescued 12 ducklings that had fallen into a storm drain near the 2500 block of Business Center, April 16, 2017. They were alerted to the ducklings' presence below the grate in the middle of the street by their mother pacing nearby.

Pearland Police Sgt. Adam Carroll and Officer Matthew Webb rescued 12 ducklings that had fallen into a storm drain near the 2500 block of Business Center, April 16, 2017. They were alerted to the ducklings'

Pearland Police Sgt. Adam Carroll and Officer Matthew Webb rescued 12 ducklings that had fallen into a storm drain near the 2500 block of Business Center, April 16, 2017. They were alerted to the ducklings' presence below the grate in the middle of the street by their mother pacing nearby.

Pearland Police Sgt. Adam Carroll and Officer Matthew Webb rescued 12 ducklings that had fallen into a storm drain near the 2500 block of Business Center, April 16, 2017. They were alerted to the ducklings'

Pearland Police Sgt. Adam Carroll and Officer Matthew Webb rescued 12 ducklings that had fallen into a storm drain near the 2500 block of Business Center, April 16, 2017. They were alerted to the ducklings' presence below the grate in the middle of the street by their mother pacing nearby.

Pearland Police Sgt. Adam Carroll and Officer Matthew Webb rescued 12 ducklings that had fallen into a storm drain near the 2500 block of Business Center, April 16, 2017. They were alerted to the ducklings'

Pearland Police Sgt. Adam Carroll and Officer Matthew Webb rescued 12 ducklings that had fallen into a storm drain near the 2500 block of Business Center, April 16, 2017. They were alerted to the ducklings' presence below the grate in the middle of the street by their mother pacing nearby.

Pearland Police Sgt. Adam Carroll and Officer Matthew Webb rescued 12 ducklings that had fallen into a storm drain near the 2500 block of Business Center, April 16, 2017. They were alerted to the ducklings'

Pearland Police Sgt. Adam Carroll and Officer Matthew Webb rescued 12 ducklings that had fallen into a storm drain near the 2500 block of Business Center, April 16, 2017. They were alerted to the ducklings' presence below the grate in the middle of the street by their mother pacing nearby.

Pearland Police Sgt. Adam Carroll and Officer Matthew Webb rescued 12 ducklings that had fallen into a storm drain near the 2500 block of Business Center, April 16, 2017. They were alerted to the ducklings'